单词 | biscuit throw |
释义 | > as lemmasbiscuit throw biscuit throw n. originally Nautical slang (now rare) the distance that a ship's biscuit can be thrown; (later more generally) a short distance (cf. biscuit toss n., stone's throw n.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance wurpc950 stepc1000 footc1300 furlong wayc1384 stone-casta1387 straw brede14.. tinec1420 weec1420 field-breadth1535 field-broad1535 pair of butts1545 straw-breadth1577 stone's throw1581 way-bit?1589 space1609 piece1612 littlea1616 spirt1670 a spit and a stride1676 hair's breadth1706 rope's length1777 biscuit throw1796 a whoop and a holler1815 biscuit toss1836 biscuit cast1843 stone-shot1847 pieceway1886 stone-put1896 pitch-and-putt1925 pieceways1932 1796 L. Furlong Amer. Coast Pilot 108 Run for Wigwam-Point which you must keep close aboard (within a biscuit throw). 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. viii. 103 Running the brig within biscuit-throw of the weather schooner. 1986 Spectator 19 July 14/2 In a side street, a biscuit throw away from the extravagantly bad Hotel Turist, there is the house of the Prizren League. < as lemmas |
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